ragù

See also: ragu and ragú

English

Alternative forms

• ragu

Etymology

From Italian ragù, from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. Doublet of ragout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɡuː/, /ɹaˈɡuː/
• IPA^(key): /ɹæˈɡu/, /ɹɑˈɡu/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

ragù (countable and uncountable, plural ragùs)

1. An Italian pasta sauce containing ground meat cooked with sautéed vegetables in tomato sauce or some other kind of liquid.

   Hyponym: Bolognese sauce

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, gaur, guar, ruga

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Italian

FWOTD – 5 June 2014

Etymology

Borrowed from French ragoût, from Middle French ragoûter (“to awaken the appetite”), from goût (“taste”), from Latin gustus. See also gusto (“taste”) and its derivations.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈɡu/, [räˈɡu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: ra‧gù

Noun

ragù m (uncountable)

1. (countable and uncountable) ragù, ragu (pasta sauce)
   • 2009, Giulia Angelini, Elisabetta Fontana, Per il verso giusto: Übungsbuch für fortgeschrittene Italienischlernende, Helmut Buske Verlag, page 196:

     Non è difficile preparare un buon ragù.

     Preparing some good ragù is not difficult.

   Hyponyms: ragù alla bolognese, ragù alla napoletana, (fish ragù) ragù di pesce, (vegetarian ragù, vegetable ragù) ragù vegetariano

Anagrams

• ruga, urga